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Whispering Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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38 Talmadge Avenue,
East Haven CT 06512

(203) 469-2316

80% estimated occupancy 1

Located in East Haven, Connecticut, Whispering Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is the lone nursing home located in this city. This is a quality facility, with an overall grade of B. This facility truly has plenty of good features. Fortunately, this nursing home didn't have any poor grades in any of the major categories discussed below. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Aquatic Therapy

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. Inspection ratings are based on several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Contributing to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is an above average score in this category. In forming these short-term care grades, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to create a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we looked at in this area is the number of patients who eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

In addition, this facility also received favorable long-term care scores in our assessment. In fact, we gave it one of our stronger scores in that category, with a grade of B. Facilities that receive this type of score in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are well cared for. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 87.00787 percent of its residents, which is a few points less than we expected. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

The final category we rated is nursing. This nursing home was given a C for this area. We looked at the skill-level of nurses employed by the facility, in addition to the quantity of time those nurses worked with patients, in determining our rating in this area. This facility averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily, which is well below average. Finally, we look at quality-based metrics, such as the percentage of patients who suffered pressure ulcers and major falls. These data points are indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Whispering Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Whispering Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 12.16% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Whispering Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 3.94% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Whispering Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 0.47% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic can be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Whispering Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 8.13% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Whispering Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 17.15% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term patients that are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically used to treat residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Whispering Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 0.83% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression could imply a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Whispering Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 90.63% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Whispering Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 14.83% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Whispering Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 22.12% of Residents

Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who maintained mobility. Some experts believe that mobility is critical to residents' physical and mental well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Whispering Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to preserving the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Whispering Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 22.12% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In Whispering Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 7.38% of Patients

This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Whispering Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 78.25% of Resident

Measures the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

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  • Milford Hospital, IncAcute Care Hospitals 10.86 miles away300 Seaside Avenue Milford Connecticut 06460Voluntary non-profit - Private(203) 876-4000
  • Griffin HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.52 miles away130 Division St Derby Connecticut 06418Voluntary non-profit - Other(203) 732-7500
  • Bridgeport HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.49 miles away267 Grant Street Bridgeport Connecticut 06610Voluntary non-profit - Private(203) 384-3000
  • St Vincent's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.04 miles away2800 Main St Bridgeport Connecticut 06606Voluntary non-profit - Church(203) 576-5551

Nearby Dialysis

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  • Davita New Haven Dialysis4.25 miles away15 Center Street New Haven Connecticut 06510CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (203) 859-7770
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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=075294